All the "How" you need is there
I see all the "how" anyone should need contained in the comment.
Let me attest to this: I took a manangement position because I thought I was supposed to. That's what you do, isn't it? I went from PC tech to net admin to Tech Department supervisor to Manager in less than 5 years. After three more, despite the support and praise my employees were giving, it was time to back down. I missed the tech side (and was dang good at it), and I simply had developed a distaste for the politics and the hoop-jumping that accompanies a management position.
One of the biggest failures anyone in IT makes as a manager is before they ever accept a position: thinking that your tech excellence makes you a good manager. One of the best managers I've ever known couldn't use a patch cable or write a stretch of code to save his life. Yet the department ran smoothly, simply because he knew what a good manager was before he went into it.
Here's some "how" for you: find what you like and do it. Find something that makes your brain go into overdrive simply by talking about it, and get a job doing it. It may not be in your city; you may have to move. You may have to get in with a lower-grade position. Are you expecting a huge salary? You'll be disappointed. Are you expecting a cushy job? Same disappointment. If you want a high-paying job you hate, go into sales or something. I've met more disaffected salesmen that make twice what I do than I care to count. I go home happy at the end of the day because I do what I like doing. I place a dollar value on my happiness, and it is quite high. And I'm not alone in doing this either.
** more in my own response to me **
